Hopea tinctoria Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 509; Mantissa Plantarum: 105. 1767.

"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 1734.

Lectotype (Howard & Staples in J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 538. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 942.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Hopea Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L’Hér . ( Symplocaceae).

Note: Hopea Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Hopea Roxb.